JAKARTA - Extreme weather has hit a number of areas of Sumatra in the last few days, triggering floods and landslides. In the midst of this condition, PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia (InJourney Airports) conveyed that airport operations in Aceh, West Sumatra and North Sumatra were running normally.
The airports in question are Sultan Iskandar Muda Aceh Airport, Minangkabau Padang Airport in West Sumatra and Kualanamu Deli Serdang Airport in North Sumatra.
PGS. Corporate Secretary Group Head of InJourney Airports Arie Ahsanurrohim expressed deep sorrow for the disasters that occurred in parts of Aceh, West Sumatra and North Sumatra.
Regarding airport operations, Arie ensured that the three airports would continue to operate normally to serve public flights and air travel.
"We continue to coordinate with all parties to be ready to support and serve various flights including related to post-disaster recovery," he told reporters, Thursday, November 27.
Arie reminded prospective airplane passengers who have a flight departure schedule through the three airports to arrive at the airport 2 to 3 hours before departure.
Previously, the Government held a coordination meeting for handling hydrometeorological disasters that hit Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra involving regional heads, BNPB, Basarnas, and related ministries.
Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK) Pratikno explained that extreme rain due to the Senyar tropical cyclone caused floods, landslides, and disruptions to transportation services in the three provinces.
"In recent days there has been a tropical cyclone, Senyar, which brings extra extraordinary rain, extraordinary strong winds, very extreme, hitting the three provinces. This has resulted in flooding, landslides, and extreme weather which also affects service transportation," said Pratikno at Grha BNPB, East Jakarta, Thursday, November 27.
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Pratikno said the amount of infrastructure damage such as broken bridges to road access buried by landslides was a serious obstacle in handling emergencies. This condition hampers the distribution of aid.
"This has claimed quite a lot of lives, but the data is still being updated. Then it resulted in extensive infrastructure damage, especially bridges, then roads, landslides, both road lands that were buried from landslides from above and land that were cut off due to landslides. down," said Pratikno.
"This has resulted in difficulties to provide assistance. This is our extraordinary challenge," he added.
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